We're still waiting for Warner to release its IME-enhanced Batman Begins on Blu-ray, but it will apparently be beaten to the punch by the 1966 flick Batman: The Movie starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Fox Home Entertainment is going all out, including a 360-degree tour of the Batmobile, HD featurettes, pop-up trivia game and, in a first for Blu-ray, an isolated 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio track for those who want to hear only the score in the highest quality possible. Available July 1 with a $39.98 MSRP, Batman fans can also grab one of a limited edition 5,000 unit run with a 1/18th scale Batmobile for $59.98. The only thing more we could ask for is BD-Live enhanced chat allowing viewers to tune in at the same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.

Although Dolby's TrueHD may be a more well-known moniker, it looks like you'll be hearing (quite literally) a lot more of DTS in the coming months. The firm has landed a deal with no less than ten integrated circuit (IC) manufacturers to incorporate its DTS HD Master Audio and / or DTS HD High Resolution Audio technology (not to mention the DTS HD LBR and encoder / transcoder jazz) into forthcoming chips. These microchips -- designed by Analog Devices, Broadcom, Cheertek, LSI, Matsushita, MediaTek, NEC, Renesas, Sigma Designs, and Sunplus Technology -- will contain DTS's high definition audio standards and will eventually find their way into next-generation HD DVD and Blu-ray players, AV receivers, and pre-packaged home theater systems. Additionally, the technology could even slither into the PC and automobile markets. While neither specific end products nor release dates were mentioned, we do know that devices coming out "in 2007" will be sporting the new protocols, and hey, we've got no qualms when it comes to options in audio (or video).